Associate Professor Jim Jose

Career Summary

Biography

I began my working life as an apprentice electrician with the Department of Civil Aviation. Some nine years later, after studying at night school to gain my matriculation, I took up full-time tertiary study at the University of Adelaide, starting with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Politics and Philosophy, and then moving on to a Master of Arts (Politics) by research and a PhD (Politics). Between 1981 until 2001 I worked as a lecturer/tutor in a number of tertiary institutions on a casual and contract basis: University of Adelaide (1981-1990), University of South Australia (1981-1988), and Charles Darwin University (formerly Northern Territory University) (1991-2001). My MA on the origins of the concept of 'dialectic' in early Greek political thought was awarded in 1986. My PhD, also undertaken at the University of Adelaide, was awarded in 1996 and examined the various polilcy strategies adopted by the South Australian Education Department between 1900 and 1990 to respond to external demands to incorporate sex education into the curriculum. Since arriving at Newcastle in May 2001 to take up a Senior Lectureship in Politics I have been engaged in teaching and promoting the study of politics. From 2001 to 2008 I was the Head of the Politics Discipline, and am currently the Politics Honours Coordinator. Since July 2009 I have been the Assistant Dean Research for the Faculty of Business and Law. I supervise an average of two Honours students per year and am currently involved in the supervision of eleven higher degree students (seven as Principal Supervisor and four as Co-Supervisor).

Research ExpertiseI am currently an Associate Professor in Politics in the Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. I am the author of Biopolitics of the Subject: An Introduction to the Ideas of Michel Foucault (1998), a contributor to Anarchists and Anarchist Thought: An Annotated Bibliography, ed Paul Nursey-Bray (1992), and have published numerous journal articles on political theory, feminist theory, and Australian politics and public policy. In recent years I have developed an interest in both the concept and the practice of governance (as a manner of organising political power). This has prompted an interest in thinking about how the state in the 21st century has come to be restructured and understood, a development that I have begun exploring in a number of recent papers using the notion of the 'governance state'. Current research interests include; * Governance, rule and political discourse * Postcolonial theory and the politics of memory * Feminist political theory

Teaching ExpertiseAt various times I have taught and continue to teach the following undergraduate courses: POLI1010: Australian Politics and Government POLI2010/POLI3010: Australian Political Culture POLI2040/POLI3040: Democracy and the Politics of Equality POLI2050/POLI3050: Political Theory and Social Change POLI2120/POLI3120: Challenging Political Discourses POLI2130/POLI3130: Principles of Public Policy POLI4001/POLI4002: Politics Honours 1 & 2 I supervise an average of two Honours students per year. Between 2002 and 2010 I have supervised the theses of twenty-two Honours students of whom seven were awarded First Class Honours. I am currently the Principal Supervisor of nine PhD students and the Co-Supervisor of four other PhD students. Two Newcastle students completed successfully in 2005 and 2011, and a Charles Darwin University student under my supervision completed successfully in 2003.

Administrative ExpertiseAt the University of Newcastle I have undertaken a number of administrative roles. I was Head of the Politics Discipline from 2001-2008, Deputy Head of School from 2002 to 2007, Acting Head from 2007-2008, a member of various Faculty and School committees on an ongoing basis since 2001, a member of the University Senate from 2007 to 2009, Acting Head of the Tourism Discipline in S2 2009, and since July 2009, Assistant Dean of Research for the Faculty of Business & Law.

CollaborationsMy principal research interests are in the fields of governance, Australian politics and public policy, and political theory (in particular feminist and postcolonial theory). I have a number of publications in each of these research areas. I am currently engaged in several active research projects that involve one or more of these interests. One strand of my research has been concerned with the relationship between feminist scholarship and the study of politics, especially political theory. A number of papers exploring this theme have been published between 2000 and the present, with several other papers in various stages of completion. I am currently the Principal supervisor two PhD students working on topics informed by feminist scholarship, and another student successfully completed her PhD on feminist theory in 2011. A major project that has been developing over the past six or so years concerns the concept of 'governance'. I have been researching its rise and deployment within contemporary political discourse, especially in Australia. I have also been concerned to link this conceptual study to the differing practices of governance and to explore how these might affect political identities, democratic practices and the structures of governing generally. This has led me to reconsider the institutional structures of governing in terms the governance state. (Paralleling this has also been an abiding interest in Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality, though in my view the two concepts, 'governance' and 'governmentality' are distinct and have different provenances.) Arising from this interest in governance I am supervising three PhD projects that each explore aspects of contemporary governance in Botswana and Kenya. Two other PhD projects on governance issues in Australia and Zanzibar (Tanzania) were completed in 2014 and 2012 respectively. The governance research also links up with two other projects. One is the question of political violence and the various methods of governance that emerge to manage it, and the ways in which political violence is represented and communicated. I have been concerned to link this up with the development of the idea of the governance state. This project is loosely gathered under the umbrella of a research agenda around the idea of human security. A second project begun in late 2012 concerns the politics of memory. It initial focus is with the Kenyan elections of 2013 and the embedding into the election campaign rhetoric of references to and memories of the violence of the previous elections of 2007/2008. Another project of a long-term research interest concerns a late nineteenth century organisation in Singapore known as the Straits Philosophical Society. I am currently collaborating with another colleague, Dr Tod Moore, in situating the SPS within the phenomenon of Edwardian dinner clubs in the United Kingdom and Australia which operated around this time and which exercised considerable contemporary influence in the maintenance of empire.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Adelaide

Bachelor of Arts, University of Adelaide

Master of Arts, University of Adelaide

Keywords

Australian politics

feminist political theory

governance

political theory

postcolonialism

public policy

Fields of Research

Code

Description

Percentage

160603

Comparative Government and Politics

40

160609

Political Theory and Political Philosophy

60

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title

Organisation / Department

Associate Professor

University of NewcastleNewcastle Business SchoolAustralia

Academic appointment

Dates

Title

Organisation / Department

1/01/2008 -

Membership

Political Studies AssociationAustralia

1/01/2006 -

Membership

International Political Science AssociationAustralia

1/02/1998 - 1/05/2001

Student Facilitator Study Skills

Charles Darwin UniversityStudent Facilities & EquityAustralia

1/01/1997 -

Membership

Australasian Political Studies AssociationAustralia

Invitations

External Reviewer - Programs

Year

Title / Rationale

2010

Master of International RelationsMember of three person external review panel.

Jose JW, Imre R, 'Situating the Nexus of Politics and Religion in the 21st Century', Not So Strange Bedfellows: The Nexus of Politics and Religion in the 21st Century, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle (UK) 2-12 (2013) [B1]

Jose JW, 'No Gods, No Masters: The Sine Qua Non of Political Rule?', Not So Strange Bedfellows: The Nexus of Politics and Religion in the 21st Century, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle (UK) 195-208 (2013) [B1]

2011

Jose JW, 'Responding to terrorism in the era of the governance state', If It Was Not for Terrorism: Crisis, Compromise, and Elite Discourse in the Age of War on Terror, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 175-190 (2011) [B1]

2010

Imre R, Jose JW, 'Globalising syncretism and the governance state: Beyond bipolar thinking on religious and political violence', Change and Stability: State, Religion and Politics in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa, UNUM Wydawnictwo, Krakow, Poland 123-142 (2010) [B1]

Jose JW, 'Rethinking social work ethics: What is the real question? Responding to Stephen Webb's 'Against difference and diversity in social work'', International Journal of Social Welfare, 19 246-252 (2010) [C1]

Jose JW, Imre R, 'Religious and political violence: Globalising syncretism and the governance state', Change and Stability: State Religion and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: International Conference, Krakow, Poland (2009) [E3]

Jose JW, 'Responding to terrorism in the era of the governance state', Societies Under Siege: Media, Government, Politics and Citizens' Freedoms in an Age of Terrorism: Conference Program, Istanbul, Turkey (2009) [E3]

Jose JW, 'Transformations in Sovereignty, Political Authority and Capacity in the Governance State', Transformations in Governance: Capacity Building in Australia and the Asia/Pacific Region, Australian National University (2006) [E1]

Jose JW, ''Nowhere at Home': Not Even in Theory', Refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart (2003) [E1]

2003

Jose JW, 'Revisioning the logic of industrialisation: contesting the common sense of our time', The Full Employment Imperative - 5th Path to Full Employment Conference and 10th National Conference on Unemployment, The University of Newcastle (2003) [E1]

Jose JW, 'Share it fairly but don''t take a slice of my pie: Political Aspects of Unemployment in Australia, Japan and the USA', Conference on Understanding Unemployment in Australia, Japan, and the USA: A Cross Country Analysis, Callaghan (2001) [E2]

2001

Jose JW, 'So They Were All Feminists Then? Radical Philosophers As Feminists In The Early Nineteenth Century', The Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Brisbane (2001) [E2]

Research Supervision

Current Supervision

Commenced

Research Title / Program / Supervisor Type

2015

Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Small Island Developing States: Institutional Design for Common but Differentiated Responsibility and Human RightsPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2015

Prospects for a Resource Based Development in Tanzania: Assessing Government Plans and Strategies for Mineral and Natural Gas ExploitationPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2015

Distinctive Features of Political Influence on Public Behaviour and Opinion in Russia, Australia, USA and GermanyPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2014

Political Rhetoric and Australian Political Culture: A Critical Analysis of Australian Political OratoryPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2013

A (bio)Political Approach to Genocide: An Agambenian CritiquePolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2013

The 'Wicked' Policy Problem of Sustainable Water Use in Western AustraliaPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2013

Improving E-democracy: A Systems Engineering ApproachPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2011

Political Influence, Appointments and Public Sector Management Reform in Kenya, 1963 - 2014Studies In Human Society, Faculty of Education and ArtsCo-Supervisor

2011

From Premise to Practise - The Application of Problem Solving in a Regulatory EnvironmentBusiness Management, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2010

Not Just Men in Skirts - The Significant of Women and the Australian High CourtPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2010

A Critical Analysis of Iris Marion Young's Contributions to Feminist Discourses of Justice and EqualityPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2010

Environmental Governance and Diplomacy: The Twin Dilemmas of Resource Degradation and Conflict in Mau Forest, KenyaPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2008

Islamism and the Politics of Crisis Nationalism: The Case of IndonesiaPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2008

The Clash of Civilizations: An International Relations CritiquePolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

2007

What Policies and Strategies have Private Sector Organisations Adopted to Redress Labour Market Disadvantage for Indigenous Australians? (What Works and What Doesn't)Business Management, Faculty of Business and LawCo-Supervisor

Past Supervision

Year

Research Title / Program / Supervisor Type

2015

The Paradox of Botswana's Democracy: When too Much Democracy is not Enough?Political Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2014

Governing the Facebook Self: Social Network Sites and Neoliberal SubjectsPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2014

Winning Friends and Influencing People: A Study of Political Influence in Australian Policy-MakingPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2013

Grappling with the Democratic Transition: Parliamentary Accountability and the House of Representatives of Zanzibar, TanzaniaPolitical Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2012

Faith, Hope and CharityStudies In Human Society, Faculty of Education and ArtsCo-Supervisor

2011

Feminist Theory and Discursive Intersections: Activating the Code of 'Political Correctness'Political Science, Faculty of Business and LawPrincipal Supervisor

2006

The Defence of 'Soft' Peg Rates: A Study of The Bank of Thailand 1942-1997Political Science, Faculty of Business and LawSole Supervisor